ES Di Martino, G Guadagni, A Fumero, G … - Medical Engineering and Physics, 2001 - Elsevier Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease is a degenerating process whose ultimate
event is the rupture of the vessel wall. Rupture occurs when the stresses acting
on the wall rise above the strength of the AAA wall tissue. The complex ... Cited by 98 - Related articles - All 12 versions
ES Di Martino, DA Vorp - Annals of Biomedical Engineering, 2003 - Springer Abstract—The abdominal aortic aneurysm AAA is a degen- erating disease for
which the end stage is the rupture of the vessel wall. Accurate prediction of
the stresses acting on the aneurysm tissue may be used to determine the ... Cited by 39 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
A Wanhainen, J Lundkvist, D Bergqvist, M … - Journal of Vascular Surgery, 2005 - Elsevier The cost per life year gained for different screening strategies ranged from
$8,309 to $14,084 and was estimated at $10,474 when 65-year-old men were
screened once. Screening 60-year-old men was equally cost-effective, with ... Cited by 39 - Related articles - All 29 versions
CM Scotti, AD Shkolnik, SC Muluk, EA Finol - BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2005 - biomedcentral.com Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a prevalent disease which is of significant
concern because of the morbidity associated with the continuing expansion of the
abdominal aorta and its ultimate rupture. The transient interaction between ... Cited by 39 - Related articles - Cached - All 18 versions
- ►ahajournals.org MB Rodin, ML Daviglus, GC Wong, K Liu, DB … - Hypertension, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc Few prospective studies have examined associations between major cardiovascular
risk factors and occurrence of abdominal aortic aneurysm; findings from
cross-sectional studies are inconsistent. This long-term population-based ... Cited by 32 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
RA Peattie, TJ Riehle, EI Bluth - Journal of biomechanical engineering, 2004 - link.aip.org As one important step in the investigation of the mechanical factors that lead
to rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms, flow fields and flow-induced wall
stress distributions have been investigated in model aneurysms under ... Cited by 27 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
IMP Chapman - Medical Clinics of North America, 2006 - Elsevier On average, people become less hungry and eat less as they get older [1].
Healthy older persons are less hungry and more full before meals, consume
smaller meals more slowly, eat fewer snacks between meals, and become ... Cited by 24 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►ahajournals.org P Norman, M Le, C Pearce, K Jamrozik - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— Aortic diameter was measured using ultrasound in 12 203
men aged 65 to 83 years as part of a trial of screening for abdominal aortic
aneurysms. A range of cardiovascular risk factors was also documented. ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
A Wanhainen, J Lundkvist, D Bergqvist, M … - Journal of vascular surgery, 2006 - Elsevier The review suggested some main assumptions for women with AAA. Prevalence is
1.1%. In 6.8%, the AAA is of a size that merits surgery, and the patients are
fit for a procedure. For patients with an AAA, the yearly risk for elective ... Cited by 21 - Related articles - All 36 versions
